Clothes-drier



(No Model.)

H. A. BVERSDYK.

CLOTHES' DRIER.

Patented June 13,1893.

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NITED STATES HERMAN A. EV ERSDYK, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,663, dated J' une 13, 1893.

Application tiled October 8, 1892. Serial No. 447.750. (No model.)

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN A. EVERSDYK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes racks, and its object is to provide the same with certain new and useful features,

hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed'out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figurelis afront elevation of a device embodying my invention with parts broken away to show the construction; Fig. 2 a central vertical section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. I; Fig. 3 a plan view of the plate B; and Fig. 4 a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. l.

Like letters refer to like parts in all of the iigures.

A is a strip of wood, having oppositely inclined edges, which is secured to the wall, with its acute angles outward; near the top of said strip is secured a sheet metal plate B, having one semi-circular and one straight side, the latter being turned at right angles at D to stiften said plate and aid in supporting the same.

C is a brace connected at its lower end to the plate B near its forward side, to support the same, and at its upper end to said strip A. On the semi-circular edge of said plate are a series of pendent loops B, formed integral with said sheet by cutting and punching away the metal to form openings b near the edge of said plate and recesses b within said edge and between said openings, and bending the portion of the plate between said recesses and inclosing said openings at an angle to the body of the plate, and near the middle of the straight side is an opening to receive the strip A formed by cutting the sheet on the sides and rear of said opening, and bending a part E of the sheet down at right angles along the face of said strip and securing it to the same with screws E and further bending the lower end of the same outward to engage and form a stop for the slide H, which traverses the outer face of the strip A, and has a semi-cir cular flange H', to which the bars F are pivoted, and also rearwardly bent sides J J embracing the inclined sides of the strip A.

H is a knob by which said slide is moved on the strip. A series of bars Fpasses through the loops B, and are longitudinally movable in the saine, and each bar is pivotally connected to the edge of the iiange H by means of a staple I inserted in an opening in said liange and attached to the lower end of said bar, which latter rests against the edge of said flange when the device is closed and turns beneath the same when the device is opened, thus each bar engages a loop B and is supported by the same as a fulcrum and at its inner end engages the flange H and is held down by the saine, without strain on the staple I.

When fully open the device is adapted for use as a clothes rack,'and the slide H is stopped by the turned down portion E of the plate B, which portion thus serves both for a fastening flange to secure the plate B inplace, and a stop for the slide.

To adapt the device for use as a paper rack, or to .adjust the same to hang articles upon the extreme ends only of the barsF; a spring stop is provided consisting of wire Gr, having a hook G at its upper end to engage the upper side of the slide H, said wire being located in a suitable groove A in the strip A, and secured to said strip at its lower end.

K is a screw inserted in the strip T near the bottom, which stops the slide H when the device is closed.

By constructing the plate B as described, I am able to make the same of sheet metal, which is much lighter and stronger than cast iron, and cheaper than cast metals stronger than cast iron.

In a clothes rack, the combination with the strip A, the slide and the bars having their lower ends pivotally engaged with said slide, of the semi-circular plate B made ot sheet metal and formed at its rear straight side with a flange engaging the rear side of said strip, and near the edge of its curved portions with openings, and in the "edge between said open- IOO ings, with recesses, the portion of said plate between said recesses and inelosing said openings being bent at an angle to the body of the plate to form loops integral with the plate, through which loops said bars pass, said plate also having an opening through which said strip passes and a iange contiguous to said opening for limiting the upward movement of the slide, and a brace rod for connecting said plate to said strips, all substantially as Io shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN A. EVERSDYK.

Witnesses:

LUTHER V. MoULToN, LEWIS E. FLANDERs. 

